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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

1,545,387

100.0

enrolled in school

465,645

100.0

Native

1,251,675

81.0

Nursery school, preschool

20,796

4.5

Born in United States

1,237,296

80.1

Kindergarten

28,364

6.1

State of residence

831,089

53.8

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

223,714

48.0

Different state

406,207

26.3

High school (grades 9-12)

104,068

22.3

Born outside United States

14,379

0.9

College or graduate school

88,703

19.0

Foreign born

293,712

19.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

91,863

5.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

106,834

6.9

Population 25 years and over

936,024

100.0

Not a citizen

186,878

12.1

Less than 9th grade

99,024

10.6

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

135,449

14.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

230,867

24.7

Total (excluding born at sea)

293,712

100.0

Some college, no degree

250,890

26.8

Europe

21,969

7.5

Associate degree

64,118

6.9

Asia

40,467

13.8

Bachelor's degree

100,221

10.7

Africa

2,444

0.8

Graduate or professional degree

55,455

5.9

Oceania

1,235

0.4

Latin America

218,599

74.4

Percent high school graduate or higher

75.0

(X)

Northern America

8,998

3.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.6

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

1,425,927

100.0

Population 15 years and over

1,149,415

100.0

English only

957,094

67.1

Never married

295,200

25.7

Language other than English

468,833

32.9

Now married, except separated

642,746

55.9

Speak English less than '"very well"'

221,999

15.6

Separated

27,328

2.4

Spanish

394,322

27.7

Widowed

71,882

6.3

Speak English less than '"very well"'

196,446

13.8

Female

56,969

5.0

Other Indo-European languages

29,876

2.1

Divorced

112,259

9.8

Speak English less than '"very well"'

7,811

0.5

Female

64,534

5.6

Asian and Pacific Island languages

37,242

2.6

Speak English less than '"very well"'

15,538

1.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

1,545,387

100.0

under 18 years

45,005

100.0

Total ancestries reported

1,626,277

105.2

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

16,863

37.5

Arab

7,085

0.5

Czech¹

5,966

0.4

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

8,443

0.5

Civilian population 18 years and over

1,075,892

100.0

Dutch

25,221

1.6

Civilian veterans

144,174

13.4

English

132,901

8.6

French (except Basque)¹

43,031

2.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

9,237

0.6

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

177,238

11.5

Population 5 to 20 years

414,605

100.0

Greek

4,631

0.3

With a disability

30,503

7.4

Hungarian

6,359

0.4

Population 21 to 64 years

796,469

100.0

Irish¹

131,590

8.5

With a disability

172,169

21.6

Italian

61,990

4.0

Percent employed

54.5

(X)

Lithuanian

2,471

0.2

No disability

624,300

78.4

Norwegian

21,987

1.4

Percent employed

71.0

(X)

Polish

24,654

1.6

Population 65 years and over

190,540

100.0

Portuguese

5,597

0.4

With a disability

78,243

41.1

Russian

10,661

0.7

Scotch-Irish

21,057

1.4

Scottish

25,693

1.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

1,173

0.1

Population 5 years and over

1,425,927

100.0

Subsaharan African

6,007

0.4

Same house in 1995

666,378

46.7

Swedish

21,933

1.4

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

719,219

50.4

Swiss

3,744

0.2

Same county

410,202

28.8

Ukrainian

2,106

0.1

Different county

309,017

21.7

United States or American

65,198

4.2

Same state

242,304

17.0

Welsh

9,372

0.6

Different state

66,713

4.7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

3,032

0.2

Elsewhere in 1995

40,330

2.8

Other ancestries

787,900

51.0

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.